Samsung Patent Hints At Past/Future Smartphone Design

Most, if not all, smartphones are shaped like rectangles, although we guess the devil is in the details, but what about Samsung? So far we’ve seen Samsung’s devices designed using the company’s “nature inspired” language, but what does the future hold for them? Well thanks to a patent spotted by Patent Bolt, perhaps what we might be looking at is the future of Samsung’s smartphones. As you can see in the diagram above, this particular patent covers what appears to be a smartphone with slightly sharper edges, versus the softer, rounder edges found on the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy S4.

In fact this design seems like it could have passed off as a Motorola design especially with the sharp and angled edges. The patent was applied back in 2011 in South Korea, and 2012 in the US, meaning that they are somewhat old. As is with the case with most patents, there’s really no telling if this is a sign that Samsung could be using these designs in the future, or if they are merely protecting their designs from copycats, but what do you guys think? Would this be a Samsung design you might be interested in?